SHS-07/CONF.205/01 Paris, 11 July 2007 Original: English
EIGHTH SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL (IGC) OF THE « MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS » (MOST) PROGRAMME
UNESCO, Paris – Fontenoy, Room IV 16 – 18 July 2007
AGENDA AND TIMETABLE
CHAIR: H.E. Mr Zola Skweyiya, President of the MOST Programme Minister of Social Development, South Africa
Monday 16 July 2007
9:00-9:45 Welcome and registration
10:00 Welcoming Words to the Eighth Session: Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO
10:15 Mr Johan Schölvinck, Director, Division for Social Policy and Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
10:30 Mr Gudmund Hernes, President, International Social Science Council (ISSC)
10:45 Opening of the Eighth IGC Session by the President of the IGC, H. E. Mr Zola S. Skweyiya, Minister of Social Development, South Africa (Introduced by Mr Pierre Sané, Assistant Director-General, Social and Human Scienes, UNESCO)
11:00 Adoption of the Agenda Election of the Drafting Group
11:10 Coffee Break
11:25 Report of the MOST Secretariat (2005 – 2007) Christina von Furstenberg, Secretary, MOST Programme
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11:40 Comments by IGC Bureau and SAC Members: IGC President and Vice-Presidents, Scientific Advisory Committee Members
12:00 Discussion
12:15 Report on the event “From Research to Policy to Action”, Nairobi, January 2007 H.E. Hon. Maina Kamanda, M.P. Minister of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services, the Government of Kenya
12:25 MOST Tool for intersectoral, inter-agency and multilateral cooperation: Outline on methodology and applications of the MOST Online Policy Research Service Prof. Nazli Choucri, President of the MOST SAC Committee
12:35 Cooperation with the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge: Mr. Georges Haddad, Director ED/HE
12:45 Discussion
13:00 Lunch
15:00 MOST Regional Fora of Ministers of Social Development - What works; why? - What does not work; why? Introduction by ADG/SHS, Mr Pierre Sané
15:15 Interregional Ministerial Roundtable on Social Development Research for Social Development Policies / Research-Policy linkages: - National and regionsl priority setting and evaluation; - Institutional linkages: what needs to be done.
Morocco: H.E. Mr Abderrahim Harouchi, Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity; Pakistan: H.E. Mr Daniyal Aziz, Federal Minister, Chairman, National Reconstruction Bureau Uganda: H.E. Mrs Syda Bbumba, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Greece: H.E. Mr Vassilios N. Magginas, Minister of Employment and Social Protection
16.15 Coffee break
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16.30 Interregional Ministerial Roundtable on Social Development (continued)
Argentina: H.E. Mrs Alicia Kirchner, Minister of Social Development South Africa: H.E. Mr Zola S. Skweyiya, Minister of Social Development Ecuador: H.E. Ms Jeanette Sanchez, Minister of Social Development; Malaysia: H.E. Mrs Dato’Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
UNDESA: Mr Johan Schölvinck, UNDESA: Comments
Moderator: ADG/SHS, Mr Pierre Sané
17:45 Discussion (Especially comments from researchers)
18:30 Reception at the UNESCO Restaurant, Fontenoy, 7th floor 4
Tuesday 17 July 2007
9:00 Meeting of the Bureau
10:00 Report on the International Forum on the Social Science – Policy Nexus (Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario and Montevideo) H.E. Mr Daniel Filmus, Minister of Education, Science and Technology Government of Argentina
10:15 Partners' viewpoint: Mr Peter Utting, Deputy Director, UNRISD
10:25 Report on Spin-off Event: Population and Development in Africa – Research and Policy Dialogue for Action Mafikeng, South Africa, 5-8 March 2007 Representative of South-African Government
10:35 Discussion
10:50 Coffee Break
11:05 Outlook on UNU-MOST cooperation Prof. Luk van Langenhove, Director, United Nations University Centre for Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Brugge, Belgium
Discussion
11:25 MOST Research-Policy Nexus at National Level Presentation of Israel Experience: Bridging between the world of Social Research, Public Decision-Making and Policy Setting: the role of Chief Scientists in Government Ministries Prof. Abraham Freidman, Israel SHS Chairperson
11:40 Presentation of Moroccan Model of Research-Policy Cooperation Mr Najib Bensbia, Chief of Cabinet Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity, the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco
11:55 Recommendations of the MOST National Liaison Committee Evaluation, Prof. Dumitru Chitoran, MOST NLC Evaluator Former Vice-Rector, University of Bucharest, Romania
12:10 Discussion
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12:30 Presentation of the Review Committee’s Report on the Review of UNESCO’s Science Sectors; and Executive Board Decision Mr Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-General of UNESCO and Chair of the Review Committee
Discussion
13:00 Lunch Break
15.00 UNESCO's Medium Term Strategy (34 C/4); UNESCO's Programme and Budget 2008-09 (34 C/5) and Intersectoral Platforms Mr Cheikh N'Diaye, Bureau of Strategic Planning ADG/SHS Mr P. Sané Representative of ADG/SC
Discussion
15:45 Coffee Break
16:00 Roundtable of Ministers of Social Development Sri Lanka: H.E. Mr Douglas Devananda, Minister for Social Services and Social Welfare Venezuela: H.E. Mrs Lic. Yadira Hidalgo, Vice-Minister of Social Protection, M.P. Egypt: H.E. Mr Aly Mosselhy, Minister of Social Cohesion Dominican Republic: H.E. Mr Dore Cabral, Secretary of State, Director of Information, Analysis and Strategic Programming of the President’s Office Islamic Republic of Iran: H.E. Dr. Hojattollah Ayoubi, Deputy Minister of Interior for Social and Council Affairs, Chairperson, Iranian MOST NLC St.Lucia: H.E. Mr Lenard Montoute, Minister of Social Transformation, Human Services, Family Affairs, Youth and Sports Montenegro: H.E. Mr Predrag Sekulic, Minister of Culture, Sports and Media Senegal: H.E. Mrs Fatou Taya Ndiaye, Minister of National Solidarity Brazil: H.E. Ms Laura da Veiga , Secretary of State for Evaluation and Information Management Syrian Arab Republic: H.E. Dr. Adnan Homidan, Vice-Minister of Social Affairs and Labour
Moderator: Mr Pierre Sané, ADG/SHS
18:30 IGC Bureau and Drafting Group Meeting: Emerging Draft Recommendations
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Wednesday 18 July 2007
9:30 Meeting of the Bureau and the Drafting Group Free morning for other participants
14:30 Meeting of the Bureau
15:00 Pleanary discussion on the Draft Report and Recommendations for the 34th Session of the General Conference
16:30 Adoption of Recommendations
18:00 Closure of the 8th IGC Session by IGC President and ADG/SHS